Jacket with picture pockets



P 1962 K. v. ANDERSON 3,055,133

JACKET WITH PICTURE POCKETS' Filed March 8, 1960 PICTURE Kenneth 1Anderson IN VEN TOR.

30 I BY -Mg 3,055,133 JACKET WITH PICTURE POCKETS Kenneth V. Anderson,2028 Prospect St, La Crosse, Wis. Filed Mar. 8, 1960, Ser. No. 13,627 1Claim. (Cl. 40-129) The present invention relates to a novelloose-fitting vest-like outer garment herein referred to as a jacket andwhich is expressly, but not necessarily, constructed and fashioned foruse by boys and girls of an age attending school, college, oruniversity.

The instant concept, as will be hereinafter more fully appreciated, maybe said to be in keeping with the current fad which involves theever-changing practice of exchanging, between friends of youthful age,so-called friendship pictures and snapshots. More specifically, it hasto do with a unique picture carrying and displaying jacket which hasfacilities to present a clear but isolated view of black and white orcolored friendship pictures and is therefore believed to be an advancein the art of jackets in the category stated which may well be endorsedby manufacturers and retailers and will, no doubt, appeal to enthusiastswho are given to the prevailing vogue of friendship picture exchanging.

In carrying out a preferred embodiment of the invention experimentaljackets for the purpose have been made of thin, clear, pliable plasticmaterial capable of effectually providing the aforementionedloose-fitting vest-like jacket. To this end, the jacket is providedinteriorly with from one to a multiplicity of pockets for the insertableand removable snapshots or pictures. In this connection it has beenascertained that the over-all plastic jacket, when properly fashioned,does not distract from nor prohibit the view of the wearers clothingWorn, of course, underneath the jacket, that is, so far as thepocketless portions or the jacket are concerned.

Although incidental to the principal objectives here it may be addedthat the jackets will be marketed in a number of sizes, for instance,very small, small, medium, large, and extra large, thus appealing tofriends of all a es.

It is further to be pointed out that models of the jackets underadvisement are being made with several, more-or-less, buttons andbuttcnholes extending down the front permitting the front to be buttonedand to thus guard against undesirable displacement or loss of prizedfriendship autographed and other pictures. The number of picture pocketsmay depend to an extent on the size of the jacket. Then, too, it is tobe pointed out that the pockets are of the aforementioned transparentpliable plastic sheet material and, consequently, the inner and outerwall of each pocket is transparent with the result that when a pocket isempty, the clothing viewable therethrough may be recognized as aninvitation, so to speak, that other friends may recognize theempty-pocket hint and pursue the thought accordingly, that is, volunteerto turn up a snapshot to fill the empty pocket or pockets, as the casemay be.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a picture carrying and displayinginnovation jacket constructed in accordance with the principles of thepresent invention showing the pockets with the visible pictures therein;

FIG. 2 is a view in perspective but showing the rear side of the jacket;and

FIG. 3 is an exaggerated or enlarged View taken on the atent 3,055,133Patented Sept. 25, 1962 plane of the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

With reference now to the drawing, the vest-like friendship picture vestor jacket comprises, as before mentioned, a loose-fitting vest-likejacket. The over-all back is denoted (FIG. 2) by the numeral 6, the leftand right sides by the numeral 8, the shoulder portion at 10, the neckportion at 12, the armholes at 14 and the companion front half-sectionsat 16 and 18. One marginal portion, say on the section 16, is providedwith several suitable buttons 20 for cooperation with the complementalbuttonholes 22 as illustrated.

The pockets are in horizontal rows and range over the entire front andback portions. Each pocket comprises (FIG. 3) the interior patch portionor wall 24 and the outer wall 26. Both walls are made of transparentplastic material. The rows of pockets are approximately horizontal andare uniformly spaced one row above the other as illustrated in thedrawing. The insertable and removable snapshot or picture is denoted at28. Thus, a description of a single pocket will serve for all of thepockets.

It is again to be mentioned that the pockets for the jacket and thejacket itself will be made of thin, clear, pliable plastic sheetmaterial. The rows of pockets are made and attached as follows: A stripof plastic material four inches wide is positioned interiorly and sewedaround the entire jacket along the bottom. This strip is then dividedinto individual pockets three inches wide by cross-sewing the four inchwide strip of plastic. Additional pockets are made available over theentire jacket by repeating the above procedure over the rest of thejacket. A space of /2 inch is left between each row of pockets foruniformity of rows and space for sewing the next row of pockets from thenext strip of plastic. As the jacket narrows down over the shoulders andaround the armholes, naturally the number of pockets become fewer and toutilize all available space for picture pockets, single or individualpockets become necessary in the above design. The pockets are sewn onthe inside of the jacket so as to protect the pictures inserted intoeach pocket from fingerprints, dirt, dust, scratching, tearing, gettingwet, lost or stolen.

The horizontal stitching for the strip or one row of pockets is denotedat 36, and the vertical stitches are denoted at 3'2. Since it is withinthe purview of the concept to attach the pockets in some other mannerthan that described and shown further detail on this aspect of thedisclosure is apparently unnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

For use in protectively carrying and attractively displaying black andwhite or colored friendship snapshots, an outer garment for the teenagewearer comprising an armless loose fitting vest-like jacket madeentirely of a sheet of thin clearly transparent pliable plastic materialand embodying a back and a front, said front embodying half-sections, amultiplicity of systematically arranged rows of individualpicture-containing pockets, each row of pockets characterized by apatch-like strip of transparent material having horizontal and verticalmarginal edge portions thereof superimposed upon and stitched to acooperating opposed portion of the jacket proper and defining aplurality of open-mouth pockets on the interior only of said jacket,each pocket thus embodying an inner ice d 1 wall and an outer wall andboth of said walls being clearly transparent permitting an observer tosee through a given pocket from the outside of the jacket except whenthe pocket'is filled with a non-transparent snapshot, said inner andouter transparent walls making it possible to face the picture on thesnapshot either outwardly or inwardly at the discretion of the wearer.

1,977,667 Breitkrenz Oct. 23, 1934 4 Leichter Mar. 18, Bailen May 13,Rassner Aug. 11, Joseph Jan. 28, Marrufo Sept. 2, Greco Feb. 3, AnthonJuly 12,

